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Leaks - Background
Congress & Leaks in 2006
The nine members comprising the Sunshine in Government Initiative strongly believe recent congressional legislation to amend the Espionage Act is overly broad and would chill the daily communications between government officials and the public. Instead, SGI encourages government officials and Congress to endorse and participate in an ongoing dialogue hosted by the Aspen Institute and involving active journalists, publishers and very senior level government officials.
2007-07-12Bond Anti-Leaks Bill
On August 2, 2006, Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) introduced legislation (S. 3774) that would criminalize any unauthorized disclosure of classified information and information that could be classified. On September 8, the bill attracted additional co-sponsors.
Related documents:
Letter (9/14/06) to Senator Christopher Bond
SGI Analysis of S. 3774 (Bond)